Woman

Album: Man (1996)
Charted: 9
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  • You gotta be fortunate, you gotta be lucky now
    I was just sitting here thinkin' good and bad
    But I'm the kind of woman that was built to last
    They tried erasing me, they couldn't wipe out my past
    To save my child, I'd rather go hungry
    I've got all of Ethiopia inside of me
    And my blood flows through every man
    In this godless land that delivered me
    I've cried so many tears even the blind can see

    This is a woman's world, this is my world
    This is a woman's world for this man's girl
    There ain't a woman in this world, not a woman or a little girl
    That can't deliver love in a man's world

    I've born and I've bred, I've cleaned and I've fed
    And for my healing wits, I've been called a witch
    I've crackled in the fire and been called a liar
    I've died so many times, I'm only just coming to life (woman)

    This is a woman's world, this is my world (woman)
    This is a woman's world for this man's girl (woman)
    There ain't a woman in this world, not a woman or a little girl (woman)
    That can't deliver love to a man's world

    And my blood flows
    Through every man and every child
    In this godless land that delivered me
    I've cried so many tears even the blind can see (woman)

    This is a woman's world, this is my world (woman)
    This is a woman's world for this man's girl (woman)
    There ain't a woman in this world, not a woman or a little girl, no (woman)
    That can't deliver love in a man's world (woman)

    Oh, this is a woman's world
    A woman (hey, hey)
    Woman
    Woman
    Woman Writer/s: Cameron McVey, Jonathan Sharp, Neneh Cherry
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Christie Shea from London UkGrown up with neneh cherry, every one of her songs are her own style of individuality.All brilliant in their own right all making you feel different emotions. Why did she or does she not do very much I'll never know always wanting more from her. She's due some more this decade .
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